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Originally Posted by hopefultoday
I am having a terrible time with step 6. I'm just stuck. I think a lot of it has to do with my past. My father is an alcoholic and was abusive to me and my 3 siblings. I hate him. So now in dealing with the character defects, I don't know if I want to not hate him. It's weird. I know it is only hurting me, but I can't or won't let it go. If anyone has advice, I would like to hear it.
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this may help you as it did me-in the big book it says, "pray for those who have harmed us." it won't change them but magically it helps us!!! 
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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle.
The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand
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